SYNOPSYS INC (SNPS)
Sector: Information Technology
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Information Technology
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for SNPS
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNPS | Group President (Retired); Director | 71 | ["Consumer Business Unit, Symantec Corporation (now Gen Digital Inc.)","Technology executive with more than 30 years of experience","Group President of the Consumer Business of Symantec","Oversaw ~$2 billion Norton security brand","First Chief Marketing Officer of Symantec","Executive roles at Hewlett-Packard Company","Public company director at PTC, Informatica, International Game Technology, and Electronics for Imaging","Chair"] | ["Compensation Committee","Governance Committee (Chair)","CompensationCommittee"] | 2026 |
Companies shown below are based on exact name match for the selected Director
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTC | Chair of the Board of Directors; Former Group President, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec | 70 | ["Significant leadership and software industry experience as a result of her executive roles in large global technology companies", "Financial and accounting expertise as a result of her positions at Symantec Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company and her service on the Audit Committees of Synopsys, International Game Technology and Informatica", "Significant experience in corporate governance due to her considerable service on another public company governance committee and her status as a National Association of Corporate Directors Leadership Fellow", "Significant experience in cybersecurity as a result of her roles at Symantec, and completion of the CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight program of the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University"] | ["Compensation and People", "Corporate Governance", "Cybersecurity", "Cybersecurity Committee"] | 2025 |
| GEN | Group President, Consumer Business Unit | 58 | [] | [] | 2012 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Ms. Chaffin is a technology executive with more than 30 years of experience leading and transforming global, large-scale software and hardware businesses. As Group President of the Consumer Business of Symantec (now Gen Digital), a global cybersecurity leader, Ms. Chaffin oversaw the ~$2 billion Norton security brand, driving multiple years of consecutive revenue growth and maintaining market leadership while transforming the business from retail to online e-commerce and expanding product offerings. Prior to leading the Norton business, Ms. Chaffin helped build a global organization that addressed both enterprise and consumer markets as the first Chief Marketing Officer of Symantec. Prior to Symantec, she held executive roles at Hewlett-Packard Company, a multinational information technology company, including as a member of the executive team that founded and scaled the Unix server business to over $5 billion. Ms. Chaffin has directly participated in both large and small acquisitions and integrations, including HP/Compaq and Symantec/Veritas. She also has substantial experience as a public company director, having served on the board of PTC since 2013 (and Chair since 2024), as well as tenures at Informatica, International Game Technology and Electronics for Imaging. Career Highlights Symantec (now Gen Digital) Group President, Consumer Business Unit (2007-2013) EVP and Chief Marketing Officer (2006-2007) SVP and Chief Marketing Officer (2003-2006) Hewlett-Packard Company Various management and marketing leadership positions, including General Manager of the Unix server business (1981-2003) Board Experience PTC (since 2013) Informatica (2019-2025) Electronics for Imaging (2018-2019) International Game Technology (2010-2015)